Cord-holder.



No. 64|,063. Patented Jan. 9, |900.

J. ALTMANN.

CORD HOLDER.

(Application filed Dec. 19. 1898.)

(No Model.)

1H: Nonrus pnzns co.. Pnovraumu., WASHINGTON. a. c.

llNiTnn Frames JOHANN ALTMANN, OF MANNHEIM, GERMANY.

SPCIFC'A'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,063, dated January 9, 1900.

4Application led December 19J 189B, Serial No. 699,704. (No model.)

` To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHANN ALTMANN, boot manufacturer, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at 2 Marktstrasse, Mannheim, F in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oord and Like Holders, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to cord and like holders, and comprises an improved holder made in the form of a clamping-button. Such a holder may be used for various purposessuch as, forinstance, for window-blind cords, laces for gloves, corsets, boots, and other wearing-apparel.

A cord-holder constructed according to my said invention possesses a clamping-cup acted upon by a spiral spring, sothat the cord is held very firmly and cannot become loose or slip accidentally. Moreover, such a holder may be of very small size, and it presents the external form of a simple button, which in the case of wearing-apparel will not attract notice or bein the way. t

In the accompanying drawings I have represented by way of example two constructional forms of the improved cord-holder.

Figure l is a section showing one of these forms suitable for wearing-apparel and like purposes. Fig. 2 is a section at a right angle to that in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 a bottom view of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of the second form of cord-holder adapted for window-blinds. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, myimproved device consists, substantially, of a clampingcup f, pressed by a spiral spring e against the fabric or other material a. This clampingcup is slid upon a pin c, made angular in section and adapted to be held in the fabric, such pin terminating at the top in a cap b. One end of the spiral spring e bears against the cap IJ, which surrounds the aforesaid v spring, and may extend either into or over the clamping-cup. I attach this holder to the fabric by means of a plate h, having a slit 7c,

into which the lower extremity o f the pin c is introduced, the edges of the slit k being tted to engage with lateral notches or recesses CZ in the pin c. For facilitating the connection the plate h, as shown in Fig. 4, may be fur nished at one end with an opening which joins the slit 7o and allows the passage of the pin c. After the lower extremity of this pin has been passed through the fabric a the plate h is slid over the same and 'is then. moved endwise, so that the edges of the slit enter the said notches or recesses d, whereupon the said plate is attached to the fabric by means of an eye or rivet Z to secure the holder in position. The cord m is passed between the clamping-cup f and the fabric a, being laid around the central pin and pulled, thereby compressing the spring e, which will then cause the cord to be held firmly owing to the pressure it exerts upon the clamping-cup f.

In the second form of cord-holder, showing its employment in connection with windowblinds, Figs. 5 and 6, the plate h, after the end of the central pin c has been slid into its place, is fastened to thewall or Window-frame by two screws o. In other respects this second form is similar to that first set forth.

What I claim ism The herein-described device, consisting of the pin c angular in cross-section and having lateral notches or recesses near one extremity,

a spiral spring mounted upon said pin, the

cap b rigid on the pin and surrounding the spring, and a cup ff longitudinally movable on the pin, and means for securing said de-V vice to a fabric a consisting of a plate h, riv- Y eted to the fabric and slotted to receive the pin, substantially as herein described` and illustrated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of November, 1898.

JOHANN ALTMANN. 

